NYSE:BKU - BankUnited Stock Price, Forecast & News

BankUnited trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BKU."

BankUnited declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 19th. Investors of record on Tuesday, January 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share on Friday, January 31st. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.39%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, January 13th. View BankUnited's Dividend History.

BankUnited announced that its board has initiated a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, January 24th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $150,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $0.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.06. The financial services provider earned $223.55 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $224.93 million. BankUnited had a return on equity of 9.76% and a net margin of 18.04%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.90 EPS. View BankUnited's Earnings History.

BankUnited is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for BankUnited.

BankUnited will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 23rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

7 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for BankUnited's shares. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $41.00. On average, they expect BankUnited's share price to reach $38.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for BankUnited.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BankUnited in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for BankUnited.

Press coverage about BKU stock has trended very negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. BankUnited earned a media sentiment score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for BankUnited.

BankUnited saw a drop in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,710,000 shares, a drop of 16.2% from the December 15th total of 2,040,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 511,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.3 days. Approximately 1.8% of the company's shares are short sold. View BankUnited's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to BankUnited include PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), SunTrust Banks (STI), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Republic Bank (FRC), KeyCorp (KEY), Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Signature Bank (SBNY), TCF Financial (TCF) and East West Bancorp (EWBC).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other BankUnited investors own include Bank of America (BAC), Intel (INTC), Citigroup (C), Boeing (BA), General Dynamics (GD), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Sprint (S), AT&T (T), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) and SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY).

BankUnited's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (0.55%), First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.12%) and Advisors Capital Management LLC (0.12%). Company insiders that own BankUnited stock include Douglas J Pauls, Eugene F Demark, Jay D Richards, Jeffrey Starr, John N Digiacomo, Mark Bagnoli, Rajinder P Singh, Thomas M Cornish and William S Rubenstein. View Institutional Ownership Trends for BankUnited.

BKU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Advisors Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold BankUnited company stock in the last year include Douglas J Pauls, Jay D Richards and Rajinder P Singh. View Insider Buying and Selling for BankUnited.

BKU stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC and First Financial Bank Trust Division. Company insiders that have bought BankUnited stock in the last two years include John N Digiacomo and William S Rubenstein. View Insider Buying and Selling for BankUnited.

Shares of BKU can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BKU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $35.16.

BankUnited has a market capitalization of $3.34 billion and generates $1.58 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $324.87 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.36 on an earnings per share basis. BankUnited employs 1,790 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About BankUnited.

The official website for BankUnited is http://www.bankunited.com/.

BankUnited's mailing address is 14817 OAK LANE, MIAMI LAKES FL, 33016. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 305-569-2000 or via email at [email protected]